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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01
The Lotus Lily Of Minnesota.

7. II. Lewis the we'll known archgeolo.
gist and antiquarian, was asked his opinion
as to the common theory that the Lotus
Lily, found along the Mississippi at sever
al points, was identical with the sacred
lotus lily OF Egypt. He replied: This
aquatic plant is not a water lily (nymphe-
cea) but belongs to another order differ
ing somewhat from it, that OF the Nelum-
biacea or Water Beans. This order has
only two genera, the Nelumbium Spe-
coisum and the Nelumbium Luteun,. The
former is pink in color and is supposed to
be the lotus sacred in the eyes OF the Egyp-
tians and Hindoos and around which so
many interesting myths are clustered.
This latter, which is greenish yellow in col
or, is the Minnesota flower which, though
lately brought to notice in this section,
has long since been described in botanical
works as growing near Philadelphia and
Lake Ontario. Here in the Northwest it
s found in the Minnesota river near Men,
dota, Halstead's bay, Lake Minnetonka,
and along the Mississippi river.
at the head OF Lake Pepin, just
down as the head of the Rock Island rap
ids. 1t seems that our Industrious Mel.
umbium Luseuru flowers most profuselv in
summer, when q combination OF low wa
ter and high temperature furnishes extra
heat to the root and thus forces the plant.
The present profuseness with which it is
met in fully developed perfection is proof
that this is no of year for its kind. In
addition to the pink lotus there is white
and also blue lotus which grew upon the
river Nile though modern travellers say
that they are not as easily to be found as
formerly"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01

tween Williamsburg ana Antie-
tam General Hancock was en-.
gagged in every battle up to the
time when the order was issued re-
lieving General Mcclellan ana ap-
pointing General Burnside to the
command of the Army of the Poto.
mac. In a letter to Mrs. Hancock she
said: '"The army are not satisfied
with the change and consider the
treatment of Mcclellan most ungra-
cious and inopportune. Yet do not
sympthize in the movement going on
to resist the order. 1T is useless /
tell the gentlemen around me. We
are serving our country" After
Chancellorsville he wrote:
The day before the fight Hooker
said to q general officer, "God Al
mighty could not prevent me from
winning victory tomorrow" Pray,
could we expect q victory after that?
He also told Mr.. Lincoln that he
would either win a victory or be
in hell. The President told him to
"carry plenty of water along" Success
can not come to us through such pro-
family. Iregret I can not ask now
for leave; no general officer is allo we'd
a leave of absence. General Couch
asked for one, but was refused. Iun-
derstand that the opinion of officers
high in rank, at this time, would be
unpalatable. Hooker's day is over.
l have been approached again ill con-
nection with the command of the
Army of the Potomac. Give yourself
no uneasiness-under no conditions
would accept the command. do
not belong to that class of generals
whom the Republicans care to bolster
up. should be sacrificed.
When Gettysburg was fought Mrs.
Hancock was visiting her mother in
st. Lonis. On the morning of July
3, 1868, General Hancock telegraphed
from the battlefield las was his GUS
tom each day while the action last
ed): 81 am all right, so far" A few
hours afterwards he sent a second
dispatch, while lying upon the battle.
field desperately-and presumably,
fatally-wounded: 81 am severely
wounded, not mortally. Join me at
once in Philadelphia. Parker and
Miller, I fear, are gone up"
The surgeon objected to the word
ing of this dispatch, writes Mrs. Han
cock, and asked permission to send
one conveying intelligence of his criti-
cal condition. "But General Hancock
would not permit the change, in view
of the long journey before me, and the
unhappiness that would result from
knowing the full truth. After reach
ing Philadelphia the heat was found
insupportable, and it was desirable
to have my husband removed to his
fathers home at Norristown, but
thirty days elapsed before his surgeons
considered it prudent to permit the
change. In the interval his wound
showed no signs OF healing, and his
discomfort increased rather than dim
inished." 1t was not till sometime
afterward that a. mimic ball was dis
covered imbedded in his leg. After
this was removed he improved rapid
ly, and in December took command Of
the Second Army Corps.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01
What Cardinal Manning Says on
Emigration From England.

Notwithstanding restraining motives
there has been a steady and strong
yearly stream of emigration from
England, Ireland and Scotland. In
the last thirty years, 5000, 900 have
left our shores, writes Cardinal Man.
ming in Murray's Magazine. From the
last return OF the Board of Trade,
published by Mr.. Giffen, it appears
that the number of British-born SUBJ
iects who left our shores in the first
three months of 1885 was 80, 700; in
1887, A., ,446-that is, IA, 900 more
than in the previous year. Again,
44,OOO in all left this country. and OF
these 10000 went to the United
States.
We must be glad that our people
should find home in the United
States, and the growing number oi
English-born who mingle with the
population OF the States, will be, we
may trust, q growing security for the
amity and unity of the two countries.
Nevertheless it must obviously be
our desire that our people should
find their homes within the bounds
oi our own lands. One of the aims oi
the movement in behalf of state-di-
rected colonization is to guide the
stream of emigration to our own chan.
mel, and to retain our brethren still a.
subjects with us of the British Empire.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01

The other day q lady visited the
Women's Children's Hospital in San
Francisco, and was says 1.-THE Alta"
particularly affected at the sight of the
many little children, whose wan faces
and distorted forms told OF intense
bodily anguish. The sight of one little
fellow, whose sufferings are of
peculiarly narrowing nature and
whose patience is the wonder of all
who see him, so affected this kind.
hearted lady that the tears flowed
fast as she bent over his tiny Crib
The attendants OF the hospital were
unaware OF the identity of the lady
until she registered just defore her
departure as Mrs. Leland Stanford.
Next day the children,s ward was
thrown into wild excitement and Joy
by the receipt of an immense package
of toys. The managers of the hospit.
al were not forgotten, for to them
Mrs. Stanford sent check for one
thousand dollars, which was doubly
acceptable, for it came at q time
when the funds were much depleted,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01
An Old Story, Bnt Worth Telling
just Once More.
From Things Seen.

From Things Seen.
Dumas, the elder, loved to laugh at
the expense of English stiffness and
reserve. One of his stories was
this: One day Victor Hugo and were
to dine with the Duke of Decazes.
Among the guests were Lord and Lady
Palmerston-of course this happened
before the February revolution. At
midnight tea was handed around.
Victor Hugo and l were sitting side
by side, chatting merrily. Lord and
Lady Palmerston had arrived very
late, and there had consequently been
no opportunity to introduce US before
dinner; after dinner it seems it was
forgotten. English custom, conse-
quently did not allow us to be ad-
dressed by the illustrious couple.
All at once young Decazes comes up
to us and says: "My dear
Dumas, Lord Palmerston begs you
will leave chair free between you and
Victor Hugo" l hastened to do as
he wished. We moved away from
each other and placed chair be-
tween US. Thereupon Lord Palmers-
ton, holding the hand of his wife, leads
her down to us, and invites her to sit
down on the empty chair-all this
without saying a word. "My lady,"
he said to his wife, "what time have
your" She looked at her watch, and
answered.: "Thirty-five minutes past
twelve" "Well, then," said the great
minister, remember well, that this
day, at thirty.five minutes past
twelve, you were sitting between Alex
ander Dumas and Victor Hugo, an
honor which you probably never will
enjoy again in your lifetime" Then
ne offered his arm again to his wife,
and took her back to her seat with
out saying word to us-because we
and not been presented.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01
FROM rHE SHORE OF ETERNITY.
FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER.


Alone! to land alone upon that shore!
With not one sight that we have seen before
Things OF a different hue,
And the sounds all new,
And fragrance 80 sweet the soul may faint
Alone! to land alone upon that shore!
On which no wavelets lisp, no pillows roar
Perhaps no shape OF ground,
Perhaps no sight or sound.
No forms OF earth our fancies to arrange.
But to begin alone that mighty change!
Alone! to land alone upon that shore!
Knowing SO we'll we can return no more,
No voice or face OF friend,
None with us to attend
Our disembarking on that awful strand,
But to arrive alone in such a land!
Alone! to land npon that shore!
To begin alone to live Nrevermore,
To have no one to teach
The manners or the speech
OF that new life, or put us at our ease;
Oh that we might die in pairs or companies.
Alone! the God wo know is on that shore,
Tho God OF whose attractions we know
more,
Than of those who may appear
Nearest and dearest here;
Oh. is He not the life long Friend we know
More privately than any Friend below?
Alone! the God we trust is on that shore,
The Faithful 0ne whom we have trusted
more,
In trials and in woes,
Than we have trusted those
On whom we leaned most in our earthly
strife
Oh, we shall trust Him more in that new
Alone! the God we love is on thatshore.
Love not enough, yet whom we love far
more,
And whom we loved all through
And with a love more true
Than other loves-yet now shall love Him
more
True love begins upon that shore!
So not alone we land upon that shore;
Twill be as though we had been there be-
fore;
We shall meet more we know
Then we can meet below,
And find our rest like some retiring dove.
And be at home at once with our eternal
love!
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01

One less at home!
The charmed circle broken-a dear face
Missed day by day from its accustomed
But cleansed, and saved, and perfected
by grace!
One more in heaven!
One less at home!
One voice of welcome hushed, and ever
One farewell word spoken; on the shore.
Where parting comes not, one soul
landed more
One more in heaven!
One less at home
Chill as the earth-born mist the thought
would rise,
And warp our footsteps round, and dim
our eyes,
But the bright sunbeam darteth from
the skies
One more in heaven!
One more at home!
This is not home, where cramped in
earthly mold
Our sight OF Christ is dim-our love is
cold,
But there, where face to face we shall be-
hold,
Is home and heaven!
One less on earth!
It's pains, its sorrows, and it's tolls to
share;
One less the pilgrims daily cross to bear;
One more the crown Of ransomed souls
to wear,
At home in heaven!
One more in heaven!
Another thought to brighten cloudy
days,
Another theme OF thankfulness and
praise,
Another link on high our souls to raise
To home and heaveni
One more at home!
That home where separation cannot be,
That home where none are missed etern.
ally,
Lord Jesus grant us all place with Thee
At home in heaven!
Chicago Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01

Wife Indignantly ALBERT, here is
a letter / found in your booklet. It is
signed Mabel, and is, / must confess,
the most sickening missive lever read.
Oh, you horrid monsterl ! will tell
mother all about it.
Hubby-But my dear have you
looked at the datef
Wife-No, but will. Why it isda.
ted, November l, 1888.
Hubby with e look Of triumph) -
Yes, darling; one Of the loving letters
you wrote me before We were mar
ried. Judge.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-01
A Sham Execution in Texas.

A dispatch from Ft Worth, Texas, SAYS:
Campbell Langley, father OF the once no
torious Bill Langley. removed to Bell
county, from near Lexington, Lee county,
twelve years ago. During his residence in
Lee and Bell counties he has been known
as well-to-do farmer and an upright citi-
zen. Campbell Langley says: Bill, who
was publicly hanged twelve years ago in
Giddings, Lee county, was not hurt at
all, but was allowed to escape. The father
says when the supreme court and the gov
ernor refused to intervene in Bill's behalf,
a rich uncle in California came to the res
cue with $4,000, with which he so worked
upon the sympathy OF the sheriff that the
friends OF Bill were permitted to arrange
things SO that when the drop fell the weight
of the body fell upon an iron hoop. sup
ported by a body harness, in such a man.
ner that he escaped unhurt. Bill has been
living since his supposed execution in Nj.
caragua. where he is leading citizen, and
one of the largest land owners and cattle
herders IN Central America.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-19
TROUBLE AHEAD

When the appetite fails and the sleep grows
restless and u1refrcshing, there is trouble
ahead. The digestive organs. when healthy,
crave food, the nervous system, when Vigorous
and tranquil. gives its possessor no uncaainess
at night A tonic. to be effective, should not
be mere appetizer, nor are the nerves to be
strengthened and soothed by the unaided ae-
ton of sedative or narcotic. What Is re-
CURED is Il medicine which invigorates the
stomach, and promotes assimilation of food
by the system. by which means rile nervous
system. as well as other parts of the physical
organism, are strengthened. These ARD the
effects OF Hostetters stomach Bitters. hedl-
cine whose reputation is founded firmly in
public confidence. and which physicians com.
mend for its tonic, anti bilious and Dther
properties. 1t is used with the best results in
fever and ague. rheumatism, kidney and
uterine weakness and other maladies.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-19
TWO LUCKY MEN.
A Barber and Laborer Win Big Trizs in
The Louisiana State Lottery.

Zacharias Messenger is barber who
has pursued his trade OF scalping chins
and clipping hair at 3l5 Bush street
for some two or three years past. He has
durilH that time had the honor of ex-
ercising his tonsorial art upon the
caput and physiognomy of Boss Buck
lev and in consequence has enjoyed
the patronage of the followers of the
great Bush street statesman. His
trade was a good one and afforded him
n good living, but nothing more, and
he has endeavored to increase his store
of gold by wooing the tickle Goddess
of Fortune by investing in lottery
tickets. He paid his addresses more
particularly to the good dame who
presides over the drawings of The
Louisiana State Lottery and has held
one or two coupons nearly every draw.
ing during'the last three years. AS
the gamblers say, he has played in
good luckaad has nearly always won
enough to give him small pr. ab, SO
that lately he has been "playing with
the money OF the bank" A few draw
ings ago he came down town and as
he passed the Chronicle office he saw
by the bulletin board that ticket CT ,06O
had drawn the capital prize of $15O,O00.
He knew that his ticket was $4,000
and something and he rushed home to
get it. His delight can be imagined
when he found that he held coupon
of the winning ticket, which entitled
him to $4,000. He went down to his
shop, presented each of his assistants
with suit of clothes, made arrange
for them to carry on the business and
last week he and his wife started on a
trip to Europe. He expects to be
gone about seven months and to spend
from $500 to $4,000 on the trip. The
remainder of the money he will invest
in some safe security as a nestegg,
and when he gets back will put it into
some legitimate business.
The other lucky man is Swede
named A. Monsoon, who lives at 1864
Center street in Oakland He is q
laboring man and has been living q
w IlOubil tAlotcllCc StiCl as
usually falls to the lot of toiler in the
land. He bought a coupon from a
peddler as speculation. When he
heard Of his good luck he could not
believe it, and when convinced that he
had won $4,000, turned white with
nervous excitement. He is single
man and is now much sought after by
the young ladies of his acquaintance.
San Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle, Maya
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-19
HOME AND FARM.

Gather the droppings around and
under the roosts every two or three
days if you would have your poultry
free from the scourge of scaly legs
N. Y. Examiner.
Nice cookies are made with one
cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three
eggs, two teaspoonfuls each of baking
powder and boiling water, and flour
enough to knead as soft as can be rolled
out.-BoSton Budget.
Beaten Biscuit: Two pints of flour,
one teaspoon of salt, one tablespoon of
lard, mix into n stiff dough with equal
parts of water and milk; beat thirty
minutes with wooden spoon; bake in
quick oven. The HOusehold
Excellent Baked Brown Bread:
Three cups of Indian meal, three cups
Of rye meal, one-half cup of sour milk,
one-half cup of molasses, three and
one-half cups of warn. water, one tea
spoonful of soda. Bake, covered close,
one and one-half hours. -Erchange.
Ordinary building paper is cheap
and of great value to keep cold out OF
all farm buildings. 1t may be nailed
on, with lath covering the seams,
pressing them close to the wall. The
paper may also be utilized for covering
screen door, making it serve the pur-
pose of double door to exclude cold
Detroit Tribune.
-Crumb grddle cakes: The night
before using put some bread crumbs
to soak in one quart of sour milk; il
the morning rub through n sieve ant
add four well-beaten eggs, two tea
spoons soda dissolved in Il little water
one tablespoon melted butter and
enough cornmeal to make them the
consistency of ordinary griddle cakes
1t is better to beat yolks and white:
separately, stirring the whites lightly
in just before baking. boston BuUe
tin.
1t is good plan to wash horses
necks and shoulders with cold waite,
after the days work in spring ant
summer. 1t will siren CITIZEN them an,
prevent lameness and CALLING. This il
especially necessary if the horses hav,
not done much work in winter and ar,
then set TO work suddenly in spring
If horse be sick or lame or swelled
bathing will often improve it, If tin
parts affected be cold. then let the wa
ter be Il little warm; but if the parts b.
warm. let tile water be cold. SOM
salt dissolved in the water will add t.
its efficiency. San Francisco Chron
tcle.
German Bread: One pint of boile'
milk, one-half tea-cup of sugar, one
half cup Of lard, two-thirds of cup o
yeast. Mix the yeast and milk and lo
rise light; add the sugar and shorten
ing, with flour enough to make sol
dough; roll out an inch thick on n wei
Toured board. Divide the dough an
put each in n baking tin; make doze
indcntures with the finger or the toI
put a small piece of butter in each an
sift over the whole one tablespoonful {
sugar mixed with the same quantity c
ground cinnamon. Let stand till ligh
then bake in quick oven.-Ihe O.
fe1PT
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-19
TOURTH OF JULY. 'S7.

The four argest and finest, most novel
and best managed displays of freaCorhs
ever produced were those at the Centen.
NAL at Newburgh, New York, October is,
1873; the Presidential Inauguration rat
Washington, d. c.. March 4, 1855; the
Bi-Centennial at Albany, N. Y, July ~,
1856, and the unwilling Of the Bartholdi
Statue of Liberty at the City OF New Y ork,
November !, 1885, and were manufactured
and fired by the Unexcel!ed Fireworks Co.,
the largest manufacturers in the world.
Day fireworks, night fireworks and water
fireworks. William Beck & Son, agents,
l65 and l67 Second street, Portland, Ore
gon, Send for catalogue No. Z.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-19
Or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A Wcstchester County On. W
lawyers bill for 1900 was cut down
by the court to S450.-N y. SIN.
A woman handed valise and a
letter to a telegraph operator at Grand
Forks, ID. T., and told him to send them
over the wires.
No American has ever vet sue
ceeded in eating above TWENTY-FIVE
pumpkin pies while trying tn make a
champion of himself. Detroit Free
Press.
A member of the San Bernardino
grand jury got tired Of the monotonous
proceedings the other day and started
on on prospecting trip. The sheriff
was sens after him, and had to travel
500 miles across the desert to reach the
absent juryman.
What is called "seat" in the New
York Stock Exchange was sold recent
" for 500. 900, hut the man who bought
1t viii Nlhave to stand up all day and
shout mt the top of his voice in order to
make profit on his .inyestment.-Bal-
ttHOfC -iUttItCUW. 2
"A hardware man" in Illinois is in
hard luck. He offered a,stove to any
person who would guess the correct
number of seeds in pumkn in his
store window. One of the guesscrs put
the number at 240,7S7. There were
599 seeds, and six persons guessed the
correct number. - Chicago IriJ1tne.
"A chunk of boy asked Ticket
Seller Ayres for a half-fare ticket to
, Cheshire, the other day. How old
are you?' asked the ticket seller.
"Ten years DID," said the boy. "When
were you born?" asked Mr. Ayres.
"Ten years ago" said the young Yam
kee. He got his half-farc ticket. -
Boston Joarnal.
The study of handwriting as an indi-
cation OF character is very interesting.
The "Pencilcr' has written twice to
Jay Gould to say that he would take
pleasure in examining scientifically
Mr.. Gould's signature at the end of a
one thousand dollar check, but he has
received no reply Can Mr.. Gould be
away?-iSomerUiHc Journdl.
one or me most admired perform
ers in sensational dram recently pro-
duced in Cincinnati was a big bulldog,
that ut critical point in the play came
bounding out, and, Selling the villain
by the throat, or thcrcabouts. hung Oh
like grim death, amid uproarious APP
plause. The other night he grabbed
his man as usual, but something gave
way, and the dog fell near the foot
lights, and then he stood there and
calmly ate a big piece of liver, which
had been fastened under the Villains
throat and had hitherto been the in
centiye for the dogs excrtion.-Ci ncjn-
natl Times.
twenty-five years ago Thomas
King, a young Englishman, came to
Manayunk, Pa, and there fell in love
with young woman whom he would
have married had not George w. Knox,
q young man Of the place, warned him
that she was not what he thought she
was. King found that Knox was right,
and was so thankful for his escape that
he said he would reward him when he
rot rich. He went back to London,
and there died the other day, and in his
will he left to Knox, who now lives in
Philadelphia, three thousand dollars
for the services rendered so many years
efore.-PhilaG2lphi0 Press. d.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-19

Syracuse, N. Y.
GENTS II have been troubled with
Rheumatism for three years, at times
very badly afflicted; was in that condi-
ton about two weeks ago, when | got a
bottle of DIR. Pardee's Rheumatic REM
edy, and in three days time was greatly
relieved, and have not been troubled
with it since l finished this bottle.
feel like recommending it in the highest
terms, as believe it will do all that is
claimed for it.
Yours truly,
JOHN BLODGETT,
81 Madison St